Foundation school

Fortismere School

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth formHaringey, London · London N10 1NESchool website
Pupils on roll
1,746of 1,655 places
Free school meals
14.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
267
Ofsted
Good, 26 April 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 261 pupils who finished Year 11 at Fortismere School in 2023, 66% stayed on in Fortismere School’s own sixth form (Haringey average 43%), 13% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Among the 229 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 54% went to university (Haringey 55%, England 37%), and 52% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.1 against 46.1 across England and 48.5 in Haringey, with 66% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Haringey and England.

Fortismere School
Haringey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFortismere SchoolHaringeyEngland
Pupils in the cohort2612,723607,348
Any sustained destination97%92%92%
Stayed in education97%91%86%
— school sixth form66%43%34%
— sixth form college16%16%13%
— further education college13%30%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination2%5%6%
Destination unknown1%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Fortismere School
Haringey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFortismere SchoolHaringeyEngland
Students in the cohort2291,859541,441
Any sustained destination79%80%79%
University (higher education)54%55%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students52%29%19%
Further education5%5%5%
Apprenticeship2%7%
Employment17%15%28%
No sustained destination13%14%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureFortismere SchoolHaringeyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)58.148.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths66%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths85%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects49%49%41%
EBacc average point score5.334.384.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort15%37%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils42.140.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils60.853.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language18%41%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics26097%88%47%22%90%
English Language25997%89%36%20%87%
English Literature25796%86%28%21%87%
Combined Science16160%65%16%9%80%
History13651%41%52%26%88%
Geography10138%41%40%25%89%
Chemistry9636%23%71%47%100%
Biology9636%23%66%45%100%
Physics9636%23%76%46%100%
Spanish6524%19%55%27%86%
Fine Art5922%9%49%28%90%
Drama5219%7%44%27%94%
Business Studies5019%18%18%20%68%
Applied Engineering4818%0%35%18%85%
Economics4718%1%30%34%87%
Sociology4718%4%32%21%89%
Design and Technology4416%11%43%23%82%
French4216%18%57%29%88%
Computer Science4216%13%33%30%74%
Media Studies4216%4%29%20%90%
Physical Education3613%11%3%24%72%
Photography3513%6%60%19%94%
Chinese3112%1%61%75%94%
Music239%5%39%33%91%
Turkish93%0%100%71%100%
Latin52%1%74%
Modern Hebrew31%0%83%
Religious Studies21%31%32%
Arabic21%1%47%
Russian21%0%87%
Modern Greek10%0%33%
Italian10%0%53%
Persian10%0%77%
German10%5%33%
Portuguese10%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Additional Mathematics FSMQ6130%
Multimedia2211%
Music Technology (Electronic)189%
Hospitality / Catering Studies168%
Health Studies84%
Sports Studies73%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureFortismere SchoolHaringeyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study432
— of whom A level students2031,331261,341
Average A level gradeB-B-B-
Average points per A level entry37.7638.2635.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB-BB-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects15%23%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics7637%31%
Psychology5829%23%
Economics3718%13%
English Literature3718%11%
Physics3115%12%
Sociology3015%13%
History2914%13%
Photography2814%3%
Chemistry2713%17%
Politics2613%6%
Geography2613%10%
Biology2311%20%
Fine Art199%3%
Philosophy189%1%
Media Studies178%4%
English Language and Literature168%2%
Product Design168%2%
Classical Civilisation126%1%
Film Studies126%2%
Spanish126%2%
Drama105%2%
Computer Science105%5%
French94%1%
Physical Education73%3%
Further Mathematics73%5%
Modern Greek0%
German0%
Japanese0%
Turkish0%
Music0%
Persian0%
Portuguese0%
Russian0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)3115%
MultimediaBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*157%

Other secondary schools in Haringey

Alexandra Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,888 pupils

98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 61.2

Duke's Aldridge

Academy converter · 873 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.1

Greig City Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,137 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.